LONDON – A jubilant Novak Djokovic said his mental strength was the key to winning Wimbledon for a second time, describing his five-set victory over the seven-times champion Roger Federer on Sunday as the “best grand slam final I have played in my career”. The Serb, who let slip a two-sets-to-one and 5-2 lead as…
HARARE – Are you having problems sleeping, exercising and managing your diary or daily agenda? Well, for as long as you are one of the 1,2 billion mobile phone application users – according to publicly available statistics or data for 2012 – you will surely hear this one day that there is an app to…
EL SALVADOR – A 6.9-magnitude earthquake has struck southern Mexico and Guatemala. Guatemalan firefighters said they had received reports of two people being killed in the region of San Marcos, on the border with Mexico. Dozens of homes are also said to have been damaged in San Marcos. The quake’s epicentre was near the city…
CAIRO – Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said he wishes the three al-Jazeera journalists imprisoned last month had never been put on trial, reports say. Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were sentenced to between seven and 10 years in jail after being found guilty of aiding a “terrorist group”. Mr Sisi was…
HARARE – Has Zimbabwe really sunk to these desperate levels which are punctuated by disorder and vending in major cities? Yes, the economy is regressing but still there must be a semblance of order particularly in the capital Harare whose once respected Commercial Business District (CBD) has plunged into muddied waters. Buildings have lost lustre…
HARARE – While Zimbabwe was this year awarded with the honour of being Europe’s best touristic destination by the European Council on Tourism and Trade (ECTT), the immediate focus for ministry of Tourism and Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) should be to promote domestic and regional tourism. While the Tourism ministry and ZTA officials have done…
HARARE – Former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says government’s policy inconsistencies were hampering Zimbabwe’s prospects of economic turnaround as it remains an albatross in attracting foreign direct investment. Tsvangirai said the policy uncertainty and inconsistencies on key programmes such indigenisation and economic empowerment were not helping matters in bringing sanity and predictability, the two key…
HARARE – Listed hotel concern African Sun Limited (ASL) says it intends to leverage on its regional operations to mitigate a depressed local environment. The group envisages the foreign market will continue to sustain its ADR and RevPAR as the domestic market may remain depressed into the next 24 months. “To mitigate the depressed domestic…
HARARE – Atlas Mara Co-Nvest Limited (Atlas Mara)’s acquisition of banking group ABC Holdings (ABCH, parent company of BancABC) is on course following its announcement of the voluntary public share-for-share offer for all shares of ABC major shareholder African Development Corporation AG (ADC). Through its subsidiary Atlas Mara Beteiligungs AG, Atlas Mara will acquire all…
HARARE – Chitungwiza Harmony Singers will hold a gospel concert at the Reps Theatre in Harare from July 24 to 26 that will feature Peter Hadingham, the Lorna Kelly Studio and Zim Opera Singers. Peter Thole, the Chitungwiza Harmony Singers marketing manager, told the Daily News that gospel music is among the many genres that…
